IDP Podcasts & Video

Our podcast features lectures and discussions with our multi-lineage teaching staff, interviews with authors and guest speakers, and artful explorations of traditional teachings, designed for modern students.

With the recent increased visibility of racism in the mainstream media, many people who aren't vulnerable to racist oppression are starting to ask the question, "How can I help?".

In this week's podcast, recorded at IDP in March, our Sit Down, Rise Up Coordinator, Kate Johnson, leads an evening where people of color lead the discussion about how white allies can support the movement to end racism; in our Buddhist communities, activist communities, and in the world at large. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

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In this week’s podcast author and founder of the Interdependence project Ethan Nichtern continues his discussion with Dan Harris. Dan is a journalist for ABC News, meditator, and author of "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Really Works — a True Story." In Part 2 Ethan and Dan talk about subjects ranging from the path and fatherhood to the definition of enlightenment. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview.

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In this week’s podcast Ethan Nichtern sits down and talks with Dan Harris. Dan is a journalist for ABC News, meditator, and author of "10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Really Works — a True Story. In Part 1 Dan talks about what led him to start a meditation practice and why he decided to write a book about it. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview.

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About RuthRuth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. Her first two novels, My Year of Meats (1998) and All Over Creation (2003), have been translated into 11 languages and published in 14 countries. Her most recent work, A Tale for the Time-Being (2013), was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and will be published in over thirty countries. Ruth’s documentary and dramatic independent films, including Halving the Bones, have been shown on PBS, at the Sundance Film Festival, and at colleges and universities across the country. A longtime Buddhist practitioner, Ruth ordained in 2010 and is affiliated with the Brooklyn Zen Center and the Everyday Zen Foundation. She lives in British Columbia and New York City.

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"Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings."PemaChodron

In the New Year, we often make resolutions to do things differently; to change our diet, visit new places, be kinder to our selves and others or get a new job. Usually, these resolutions remain unfulfilled because we’re not looking at what’s behind all our actions, speech, and thoughts: our intentions.

Intention is the underlying motive that governs all that we do. Join Lawrence and Kim for IDP’s third annual intention setting ceremony. During this special event they discuss how to uncover your truest motivations, clarify and set an intention for 2015, and honor your intention throughout the year using wisdom, not will-power.

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"Whatever we're doing could be done with one intention. That intention is that we want to wake up, we want to ripen our compassion, and we want to ripen our ability to let go. We want to realize our connection with all beings."PemaChodron

In the New Year, we often make resolutions to do things differently; to change our diet, visit new places, be kinder to our selves and others or get a new job. Usually, these resolutions remain unfulfilled because we’re not looking at what’s behind all our actions, speech, and thoughts: our intentions.

Intention is the underlying motive that governs all that we do. Join Lawrence and Kim for IDP’s third annual intention setting ceremony. During this special event they discuss how to uncover your truest motivations, clarify and set an intention for 2015, and honor your intention throughout the year using wisdom, not will-power.

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Developing a more receptive relationship to all of our experience allows us to manifest what is authentic in our lives while cultivating compassion for our vulnerability and struggles. Meditation helps us develop confidence to open our hearts to it all. In this podcast, recorded at The Interdependence Project in November 2014, Susan Piver invites us to explore our practice and our hearts.

Susan Piver has been meditating for nearly 20 years. She teaches workshops on meditation, relationships and creativity, and is the author of six books. For more information, please visit her website.

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Like you, over 100,000 people annually access our center, website, blog, social media, and podcasts, uniting and creating a network of awakening in which everyone can participate. If you have benefited from being a part of this unique sangha, now is the time to express your support. The opportunity to donate to our annual Year-End Giving Campaign continues through December.

Developing a more receptive relationship to all of our experience allows us to manifest what is authentic in our lives while cultivating compassion for our vulnerability and struggles. Meditation helps us develop confidence to open our hearts to it all. In this podcast, recorded at The Interdependence Project in November 2014, Susan Piver invites us to explore our practice and our hearts.

Susan Piver has been meditating for nearly 20 years. She teaches workshops on meditation, relationships and creativity, and is the author of six books. For more information, please visit her website.

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Like you, over 100,000 people annually access our center, website, blog, social media, and podcasts, uniting and creating a network of awakening in which everyone can participate. If you have benefited from being a part of this unique sangha, now is the time to express your support. The opportunity to donate to our annual Year-End Giving Campaign continues through December.

As qualities inherent in every human being, compassion and loving-kindness can be developed and cultivated through practice and training. With effort, each and every person can learn to be more compassionate, kinder, and more patient. Transform your relationship to yourself, your family, your community, and your world by learning metta and tonglen, contemplative techniques designed to exercise the heart and open the mind.

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As qualities inherent in every human being, compassion and loving-kindness can be developed and cultivated through practice and training. With effort, each and every person can learn to be more compassionate, kinder, and more patient. Transform your relationship to yourself, your family, your community, and your world by learning metta and tonglen, contemplative techniques designed to exercise the heart and open the mind.

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This open talk is about friendship; what does it mean to be friendly with ourselves and with others? How does meditation help us make friends with our minds? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson and Dr. Lani Rowe lead this wonderful community class which is designed for beginners as well as more experienced students.

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This open talk is about friendship; what does it mean to be friendly with ourselves and with others? How does meditation help us make friends with our minds? IDP Teachers Kate Johnson and Dr. Lani Rowe lead this wonderful community class which is designed for beginners as well as more experienced students.

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Venerable RobinaCourtin was born in Melbourne, Australia, and brought up as a Catholic. She became active in the radical left in the 1970s, working mainly with a London-based support group for black prisoners and radical feminists. In November 1977, Robina went to Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she was ordained as a monastic. Since then, she has lived as a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, founding The Liberation Prison Project, and traveling, teaching, and bringing the Dharma to people around the world, both in and out of prison. http://robinacourtin.com/

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Venerable RobinaCourtinwas born in Melbourne, Australia, and brought up as a Catholic. She became active in the radical left in the 1970s, working mainly with a London-based support group for black prisoners and radical feminists. In November 1977, Robina went to Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, where she was ordained as a monastic. Since then, she has lived as a Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition, founding The Liberation Prison Project, and traveling, teaching, and bringing the Dharma to people around the world, both in and out of prison. http://robinacourtin.com/

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IDP teacher, Zen monk, and Queer Sangha leader Lawrence Grecco interviews Chris Lemig, author of the new book, The Narrow Way. They discuss his moving memoir, and his difficulties as a gay man struggling to accept himself while also dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, and the transformative experience of learning and practicing Buddhism.

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We all have a sex life, active or otherwise, alone or with others. Sex takes up a lot of mental and emotional space in our lives, yet while dharma teachings offer profound understanding of many aspects of human experience, sex too often gets ignored, despite its potency and frequency in our experience.

Join renowned dharma teacher Martin Aylward for a provocative and powerful presentation of teachings, practice, and discussion around dharma and sex, exploring such questions as:

Why do dharma teachings often ignore sex?In which ways do you go unconscious around sex and why?How can dharma practice wake you up in your sex life?Might the potency and erotic charge of sexual desire be an important part of a passionate, liberated engagement with life?

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Research has shown that mindfulness techniques benefit children as well as adults by enhancing concentration, increasing self awareness, and facilitating emotional regulation.

In this interview, conducted by IDP Teacher, AdreannaLimbach, Dr. Heidi Marben discusses her work teaching mindfulness to kids and adults, and its value helping families and communities.

Heidi Marben, PsyD., has worked for the past 11 years as the lower school psychologist at Trinity School, where she has developed and taught a mindfulness curriculum since 2009. She is a graduate of IDP's Yearlong Immersion program, and is teaching a new class at IDP, Mindfulness for Children & Parents, which begins on April 5th. Details and registration at this link: http://theidproject.org/events/2014/04/05/idp-kids-mindfulness-children-and-parents

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Research has shown that mindfulness techniques benefit children as well as adults by enhancing concentration, increasing self awareness, and facilitating emotional regulation.

In this interview, conducted by IDP Teacher, AdreannaLimbach, Dr. Heidi Marben discusses her work teaching mindfulness to kids and adults, and its value helping families and communities.

Heidi Marben, PsyD., has worked for the past 11 years as the lower school psychologist at Trinity School, where she has developed and taught a mindfulness curriculum since 2009. She is a graduate of IDP's Yearlong Immersion program, and is teaching a new class at IDP, Mindfulness for Children & Parents, which begins on April 5th. Details and registration at this link: http://theidproject.org/events/2014/04/05/idp-kids-mindfulness-children-and-parents

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We all have a sex life, active or otherwise, alone or with others. Sex takes up a lot of mental and emotional space in our lives, yet while dharma teachings offer profound understanding of many aspects of human experience, sex too often gets ignored, despite its potency and frequency in our experience.

Join renowned dharma teacher Martin Aylward for a provocative and powerful presentation of teachings, practice, and discussion around dharma and sex, exploring such questions as:

Why do dharma teachings often ignore sex?In which ways do you go unconscious around sex and why?How can dharma practice wake you up in your sex life?Might the potency and erotic charge of sexual desire be an important part of a passionate, liberated engagement with life?

This podcast is provided by the generosity of listeners like you. Become a Memberor make a contribution to support this and other initiatives by The Interdependence Project.

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In the New Year, we often make resolutions to do things differently; to change our diet, visit new places, be kinder to our selves and others or get a new job. Usually, these resolutions remain unfulfilled because we’re not looking at what’s behind all our actions, speech, and thoughts: our intentions.

Intention is the underlying motive that governs all that we do. In this podcast, IDP teachers, Lawrence Grecco and Kimberly Brown, discuss how to uncover your truest motivations, clarify and set an intention for 2014, and honor your intention through wisdom, not will-power.

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